The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.17° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.23° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.